Appalachian Trail: Pen Mar Road to Old Forge Road
This 7.2-mile leg traces Indian trading routes to Mount Dunlap then continues through second-growth forests rich in song birds and whitetail deer.
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Shelters: Deer Lick Shelter; sleeps 8. Antietam Shelter; sleeps 6.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 11.5
Waypoints
WPT026
Location: 39.7217178344727, -77.5049819946289
AT turns W
WPT010
Location: 39.7662162780762, -77.4849700927734
Deer Lick Run Shelter
WPT040
Location: 39.8014984130859, -77.47705078125
Old Forge Rd.
WPT042
Location: 39.7957649230957, -77.4824981689453
Housed spring
WPT016
Location: 39.7486991882324, -77.4903182983398
Rattle Snake Run Road
WPT019
Location: 39.7380485534668, -77.4897689819336
Old PA 16
WPT005
Location: 39.7934799194336, -77.4830017089844
Cross two bridges
WPT044
Location: 39.7940483093262, -77.4825973510742
AT turns W @ jct. with trail to shelter
WPT012
Location: 39.7518348693848, -77.4922637939453
Double track
WPT008
Location: 39.7695999145508, -77.4818801879883
Pipeline
WPT020
Location: 39.7294845581055, -77.4911499023438
Blue Ridge Lookout Tower to SE
WPT025
Location: 39.7224006652832, -77.501953125
Trail
WPT002
Location: 39.7954330444336, -77.4830169677734
Spring; AT turns E
WPT001
Location: 39.7957649230957, -77.4833145141602
Parking, old forge picnic
WPT006
Location: 39.792049407959, -77.4826354980469
Chikadee Snowmobile Trail
WPT014
Location: 39.75, -77.4921188354492
double track
WPT011
Location: 39.7645149230957, -77.4864654541016
Double track
WPT013
Location: 39.751148223877, -77.4919509887695
Blue blaze to Bailey spring 30 ft.
WPT018
Location: 39.7415657043457, -77.4902801513672
PA 16
WPT041
Location: 39.7973022460938, -77.4801483154297
Rattlesnake Run Rd.
WPT023
Location: 39.7232666015625, -77.5011978149414
stream
WPT022
Location: 39.7236518859863, -77.5014343261719
AT turns E
WPT021
Location: 39.7247657775879, -77.4944839477539
Buena Vista Road
WPT003
Location: 39.7943496704102, -77.4827651977539
AT turns W; pipeline
WPT027
Location: 39.7209510803223, -77.5068969726562
Pen Mar Road
WPT004
Location: 39.7940826416016, -77.4827499389648
Antietam Shelter
WPT017
Location: 39.744068145752, -77.4892654418945
Mentzer Gap Road
WPT007
Location: 39.7773323059082, -77.4817199707031
Gravel road